Restraining device



Jan. 6, 1931. 3 JORDAN 1,787,531

RESTRAINING mavxcs Filed July 25. 192? INVENTOR WITNESS:

PatentedJan. 6, 1931; i a i I I l i i UNITED STATES EPATE'NT OFFICE l Application filed. July 25, 1927. Serial No.208,329.

My present invention has reference to an crouch, but the improvement does not inappliance for the leg of a fowl for preventterfere with the walking of the fowl, her ing the fowl from assuming a sitting posiscratching or in anyways prevent the free tion and at the same time allowing free eating, and drinking of the fowl. The boot movement of the leg for scratching, walking is primarily devised to prevent hens from and roosting. setting but may successfully be employed for The improvement primarily aims to propreventing fowls from jumping over fences vide a boot that may be constructed of any and the like. The simplicity of the. condesired material of sufiicient flexibility as struction and the advantages thereof will, to not injust the leg of the chicken, which it is thought, he understood and appreciated may be readily attached to the chickens leg by those skilled in the art so that further deor removed therefrom and which will serve tailed description will not be'required. to prevent a hen from setting and which will As disclosed by the drawings the stiffsheet also obviate the possibility of the fowls of flexible material, when wound around the jumping over the barn yard or poultry yard leg of a fowl has one of its ends contacting f fences inasmuch as the device prevents the with the foot of the fowl and its second end fowl from crouching. contacting with the body of the fowl at the A still further object is the provision of a joint of the thigh with the said body. Thus device for this purpose that comprises a sinthedevice fully surrounds the entire leg of p 0 gle sheet of suitable material designed to be the fowl. Obviously one or both ends of the wound around the leg of the fowl at the boot may be cut-away so that the improvejoint of the leg, and which has associated ment may be successfully employed on fowls therewith tie or similar means for securing having different length legs. the ends together when in folded position so Having described the invent-ion, I claim that the same cannot be accidentally. 112- A restraining device for fowls, comprismoved. ing a sheet of stiff flexible material, designed The drawings illustrate the improvement to be wound around the leg of the fowl for and wherein the entire length of the fowls leg to have one Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my of its ends contact with the foot of the fowl device in applied position. and its other end contact with the body of Figure 2 is a perspective View of the imthe fowl at the juncture of the thigh thereprovement. with, said sheet having openings adjacent to Figure 3 is a sectional View on the line its ends and cords passed through the open- 33 of Figure 2. t ings, wound around the sheet and having :15 Myimprovement contemplates the employtheir ends knotted to sustain the device upon ment of a single piece of suitable flexible mathe fowl. terial lwhich does not possess great resiliency In testimony whereof I affix my signature. butwhich is of a nature to prevent injury to RYLAND B. JORDAN. the leg. of the fowl when applied thereon.

10 Two of such sheets may be employed and each of the said sheets is preferably tapered in plan. Threaded through the outer edge of the sheet at the top and the bottom thereof, there are cords 2. These cords are wound around the exterior of the sheet when the said sheet is wound around the leg of the fowl. Thereafter the cords are tied. When thus arranged upon the legs of the fowl, the leg joint of the said fowl is held from movement so that it is impossible for the fowl to 

